Kimberley the World’s Diamond Market Center
Kimberley, 647 miles from Cape Town, dominates world diamond markets with its mines, De Beers and Kimberley operations. The town’s siege life during the war, Cecil Rhodes’s role, and American involvement in management and supply highlight a thriving, guarded diamond industry amid conflict.
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Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Piccadilly
Buller
Kimberly
Cape Town
Kimberey
de Beers
Gardner F. Williams
Chicago
United States
Kenilworth
DeBeers Syndicate
Seige
South Africa
Daily Independent
Diamond Fields
Kekewich
North Lancashires
Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Engineers
Army
de Boers Company
Aar
Curfew Law Sparks Cities to Protect Children
Signed petitioners push a Bangor Maine curfew ordinance amid praise from police and officials. Reports from Lewiston Elmira and Cambridge cite fewer arrests and better youth welfare. The Elmira paper notes many teens turn to libraries, while Indianaplis St Joseph and Des Moines report an 80 percent drop in youth arrests.
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Brunswick
Lewiston
Bangor
Lothrop J. Cloyes
Cambridge
Mass
Elmira
N. Y
Police Department
Steele Library
Alexander Hoagland
Indianapolis
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Curfew Ordinance Proposed to Curb Juvenile Crime
Joseph Missouri reports curfew cut youth crime by 75 percent and urges adoption nationwide. Denver convention endorses city council enforcement as parental duty. The suggested ordinance bans children under sixteen from streets after 8 9 p m seasonally with curfew bells and penalties including a $1 fine for guardians.
Only a Dozen Drunks Face Court on Monday Morning
A dozen inebriates appeared before the police court this morning. Names include Roger Lee, Robert Sloan, Peter Houle, Leon Vauheak, James J. Cox, Peter J. McLean, Catherine Boland, Hugh Tighe, John M. Cox, and George B. Kennedy who pleaded guilty to common drunkenness and is placed on probation for one month with a report due. Officer Welch to monitor. George Mathews defaulted after not appearing for removing babbage charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Lee
Robert Sloan
Peter Houle
Leon Vauheak
James J. Cox
Peter J. McLean
Catherine Boland
Hugh Tighe
John M. Cox
George B. Kennedy
Etn
Welch
George Mathews
Babbage
Movement to secure a church for Lowell Portuguese
In Lowell an effort arises to form a Portuguese Catholic church for about a thousand residents. Many attend St. Peter's or do not go due to language barriers. Rev. Father Pimin tel of Boston spoke at St. Peter's fair hall. A committee formed last night and will visit Portuguese families this week for a report at next Sunday’s meeting at 7 p.m.
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Lowell
St. Peter's Church
Father Pimintel
Boston
St. Peter's Fair Hall
Evolution of golf balls from leather to gutta percha
The piece traces golf ball origins from leather stuffed with feathers to gutta percha. It notes early manufacture difficulties, such as feather protrusions and seam visibility, and recounts Sir Thomas Moncreiff’s 1848 wolf ball attempt. It highlights the surprising performance gains when gutta percha was nicked and refined, shaping today’s ball.
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Thomas Monecreiff
Cadifes
New York Home Journal
Faust at Opera House Delights Crowded Audiences
Corse Payton's Stock company presented Goethe's Faust to large crowds on Saturday with Morrison as Faust requested by Lowell theatre fans. Erroll Dunbar impressed as Mephisto and Gertrude Rische gave a strong Marguerite. The cast handled the demanding roles well and the show's specialties between acts kept audiences engaged. Curtain times were 2 and 8 pm with ladies tickets exchangeable for 30 cent seats until 7 pm Monday.
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Faust
Opera
Lewis Morrison
Lowell Theatre
Morrison
Goethe
Erroll Dunbar
Gertrude Rische
Valentine
Marguerrite
William
Corse Payton
Richard Crosius
Harry Mantell
Emma DeCastro
Three Sisters Dunbar
Lavines
Little Joey
Payton
Belasco’s La Belle Russe at Music Hall features Rose Stahl
The Belasco hit La Belle Russe plays Music Hall tonight through Wednesday with a strong company led by Rose Stahl and Willim Bonnelli. Also, The Real Widow Brown closes the week with bright songs and clean humor, featuring Little Gertrude and a witty mistaken-identity plot. Seats are on sale now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasco
Music Hall
Belasco
Rose Stahl
la Belle Russe
Willim Bonnelli
Dudhey
Little Gertrude
Brown
Scammon
Widow Brown
Beautiful drapery dancer retained for week in Lowell show
Public demands keep the celebrated dancer for another week. She charms Lowell theatregoers with a fire dance featuring new effects. The bill includes Earl Wilson and Ardell, Laughing Casey, Mr Gale from Yale, monologuist Kenna, sketch act Sisson and Wallace, Theodora the flying queen, plus minstrels Highland Club. Tickets 10 20 30 cents. matinees 2.30 and 8.15. tickets available at Ellingwood’s, Branch street, C. B. Carter, and Herbert Wooster Jr in Cabot street.
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Lowell
Solaret
Earl Wilson
Ardell
Conway and Staats
Casey
Mr. Gale
Yale
Charles Kenna
Sisson
Wallace
M’le. Theodora
Highland Club Minstrels
Ellingwood
C. B. Carter
Herbert Wooster, Jr
Grand Opera opens Boston season by Metropolitan troupe
The Metropolitan Opera house Grand Opera company arrives in Boston for a two week season at the Boston Theatre beginning December 4. Cast for Carmen includes Emma Calve with Suzanne Adams and others. management offers generous repertory and casts amid strong musical interest.
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Grand Opera
Boston
Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Company
Boston Theatre
Mlle
Emma Calve
Mme
Suzanne Adams
van Cauteren
Mile. Bauermeister
M. Saleza
M. Herman Devries
M. Jacques Bars
M. Dufriche
Opera balanced week schedule features Figaro and more
The program lists The Marriage of Figaro on Tuesday with Eames Sembrich Zeke De Lussan Bauermeister De Reszke Pini Corsi Dufriche Vanni Maestri Campanaro. Tannhauser Wednesday afternoon with Milka Terninna Strong Olitzka Van Dyck Bars Plancon Queyla Muhlmann Meux. Wednesday evening double bill Nedda Pagliacci with Adams and Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana with Calve. Aida Thursday with Nordica Mantelli Plancon Saleza. Lohengrin Friday with Eames Schumann Heink De Reszke Van Dyck. Faust Saturday afternoon Calve Marguerite Plancon Mephistopheles. Don Giovanni Saturday evening Nordica De Lussan Clementine De Vere De Reszke Salignac Pini Corsi Devries Scotti.
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M. Queyla
Sig. Campanari
Marriage of Figaro
Mme. Eames
Mme. Sembrich
Mile
Zeke de Lussan
Mule. Bauermeister
M. Edouard de Reszke
Sig
Pini-Corsi
M. Dufriche
Vanni
Sig. Maestri
Sig. Campanar
Marguerite
M. Plancon
Mephistopheles
Don Giovanni
Mme. Nordica
Clementine de Vere
M. Salignac
Sig. Pini-Corsi
M. Devries
Sig. Scotti
The Physical Defects of School Children
At the Massachusetts Teachers Association in Boston A K Whitcomb urges vigor in students and warns that vision, hearing and breathing defects are common and hamper learning. He cites cases of misdiagnosed intelligence due to uncorrected vision and adenoids, urges lighted rooms, larger type books, clear blackboard writing, regular medical inspection, and access to care to improve outcomes.
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Massachusetts Teachers’ Association
Boston
K. Whitcomb
Col. Parker
Lowell
Huntington Hall Nears Completion with Modern Comforts
A Boston Transcript piece notes Huntington hall will be far brighter and more spacious than the old hall with higher ceilings, bays and stucco bosses, direct heating in ante rooms, modern ventilation, and new exits. It asks if it will match the fame of the old venue where Lincoln spoke, while a backstage conversation shifts to whether a sweet voice or face is the chief charm in a telephone girl.
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Huntington Hall
Jackson Hall
Shattuck Street
Dutton Street
Old Hall
Lincoln
Carrie
Fred
Boston Transcript
For Sale 40 Acre Farm Near Lowell With Improvements
Selling 40 acre farm 13 miles from Lowell with large barns 40x140 and 40x60 a 2590 head hen house creamery with end boiler and pump blacksmith shop silo ice house windmill tank a fine young orchard of apple trees best varieties and berries Aiken Street Bridge area 80 acres grass land near city fronts car line will take small property in part payment sold in tracts to suit.
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Lowell
City
Aiken St. Bridge
Modern house and stable on Harvard street for rent or sale
Steam heat in both units. Inquire of W. A. Ingham at 44 Church street or 1181 Middlesex street. Also available at d2 Meet House and Stable on Wentworth Avenue near Andover Street. Just renovated with bath, open pet laundry, eight large rooms, large land area. Inquiries to 80 Church St., BE Hoyt & Co. meni3 tf
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Cecil Rhodes
Cronje
Seige
Fourth Street
Third Street
Stackpole Street
Carlisle
Chelmsford Street
Church Street
Lincoln Street
Pawtucketville
WE Dodge Bar Betats
Central St
Harvard Street
W. A. Ingham
Middlesex Street
Wentworth Avenue
Andover Street
Church St
BE. W. Hoyt & Co
New York New Haven and Hartford R R Train Schedule 1899
New York New Haven and Hartford R R announces October 22 1899 train departures from Lowell Middlesex Street at 7 16 am 11 23 am 6 25 pm for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South amingham ndway stations. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west. 6 235 pm train links with Stonn ington Hine for New York City and the south and west. Sundays trains at 5 am to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way stations. Report signed by Gen Supt Peter Ciark and Genl Pass Agent A C Kendall.
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Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South
Stonnington
New York City
South Framingham
Mansfield
Peter Ci.ark
A. C. Kendall
Boston and Maine R and R schedule revised 1899
Trains depart Merrimack street depot Lowell for Boston and other points with listed times and saints day services. schedules include Middlesex Street Lowell, Salem, Haverhill, Newburyport Amesbury Ports mouth Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth Portland and more with numerous daily and Sunday runs and steamship connections to St. John and Castine. Dated corrections reference Flanders and Tat Lyell as railroad officials.
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Merrimack Street Depot
Lowell
Boston
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
Portsmouth
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Old Orchard
Poertland
Augusta
Bath
Watervills
Lewiston
Skowhegan
Bangor
Belfast
Rockland
St. John's
N. B
Halifax
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Opera House
Savoy Theatre
Limp Heroes
Geo. B. Coburn
Merrimack Street
Highlands
Centralville
Navy Yard
Tlae
A. J
A.W. J. Howe
Courier-Citizen Buildid Pelophone Sane
W. A. Lew
John Street
U. S. Marina Corps
Court Street
Ke. EF. Elliott
Central Street
Chestnut Street
W. EB. Dodge
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
J.C. Abbott
George E.stanley
Boston and
Old Colony
Boston and Maine
Tropics
J. FJ
Mtoe
Prescott Street
Rae
Conway Transfer Co
Northern Depot
The
Courier
Railroads
Fitchburg Railroad
Magosac Tunnel
Bastor
Albany
Niagara Falls
St. Louis
Cincinnati
All Points
Lake Champlain
Burlington
Montreal
Ottawa
A. S. Craine
Mgr. Co. M
BART
Boston & Maine & R
ST. Paul
Min
Neapolis
Pacific Coast
K. J. Flanders
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R. R
Boston & Maine
R&r. R
Woburn
Greenfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Killsboro
Keene
Hillsbury
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Aepan Mane Shite Rive SeeUnetionsar
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
Newsport
Nhd
Claremont
Claremont Junction
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex
Albans
St. Jonas
Quebec
Boston Air Line
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
wVia
Western Division
Bedford
Wilmington Junction
D. J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
H. C. Tat
Lyell
Citizen Office
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